Name: Michelle Krishnan

Theme: Liver

 

OPTION LIST

 

A

Anti-mitochondrial antibodies

I

Pyogenic abscess

B

Centrilobular necrosis

J

Rhodanine positive stain

C

Haemosiderin deposits with micronodular cirrhosis

K

Spotty necrosis

D

Haemosiderin granules in macrophages

L

 

E

Interface hepatitis

M

 

F

Mallory bodies

N

 

G

Nutmeg liver

O

 

H

Periodic acid-Schiff positive stain

P

 

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate description for the patient’s liver histopathology findings. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. Medical student returning from an elective in the tropics working at a sexual health clinic, generally unwell, itchy skin.

 

 

2. 55 yr old publican recently divorced. Increasingly fatigued and loss of appetite.

 

 

3. 37 yr old overweight headmistress, increasingly fatigued, itchy skin and dry eyes.

 

 

4. 26 yr old baker with tremor, mood swings and difficulty swallowing. 

 

 

5. 55 yr old diabetic publican, recently divorced. Increasingly fatigued and joint pains.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. K

2. F

3. A

4. J

5. C